Review of Crediton Counts 350

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Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Laura and Gerald accepting pledges
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Suzi Stilt Walker
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Footprints in Crediton Town Square
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Footprints in Crediton Town Square
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Photograph taken by Kate Bailey at the 350 event in Crediton in 2009
Suzi Stilt Walker
Sandford Brownies with their 350 handprints

Over 300 CCA supporters and friends gathered in Town Square Crediton for the biggest CCA event yet held. It was part of the 350.org international Climate Change awareness event held simultaneously at over 5,000 locations in over 178 countries worldwide.

We had tremendous fun with live music by the Town Band, the World Music Choir and a rock band from CRAMP. We chalked more than 170 footprints around the Square, ate 350 fairy cakes baked by members of Beech Hill Community and WEN, gave away 100 Crediton Bags to celebrate one year since the beginning of the Crediton Plastic Bag Free campaign, blew up eco friendly balloons for the children, and enjoyed a selection of stands and a wonderful food stall that kept us all fed and watered.

At 11am we took great pictures from the 2nd floor of The 3 Little Pigs of over 160 CCA supporters forming a giant human number 350 with an impressive banner designed and made for us by Cleo Heard.

As part of the morning Crediton's Deputy Mayor accepted pledges from over 30 organisations in and around Crediton to support the UK Government in their attempt to get a strong and binding agreement on climate change at the Dec climate change talks in Copenhagen. We also collected signatures of support from hundreds of individuals. Laura and Gerald Conyngham, two staunch CCA supporters, will now deliver all this Crediton material to UK Govt officials at the talks. They plan to bicycle 350kms of the way there and join the mass demonstrations taking place by people from all over the world. We will continue collecting more pledges and signatures until they leave for Copenhagen in December.

TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More

Many thanks are due to all the people who made our Crediton event possible. They are too numerous to mention them all here individually. It was a true team effort and showed what can be achieved when lots of people pull together and each one takes responsibility for a small part of the whole.

CCA is still less than 3 years old, and I am sure that the Core Group would join me in thanking everyone who was involved in the day and also in being justifiably proud of what we have achieved as an organisation in that time

If you would like to support Laura & Gerald's cycle ride to Copenhagen, which is for Christian Aid, visit their web site.

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